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<blockquote data-quote="doctorgerman" data-source="post: 441361" data-attributes="member: 3265">Creo q te referis al &quot;Alaska land train&quot; o &quot;snow train&quot;, un camion q tenia como vagones, con unas gigantescas ruedas de baja presion ubicadas a los costados.&nbsp; Ese camion tenia como mision el transporte de tropas y suministros al Artico en caso de una invasion sovietica por el Polo Norte (que es la ruta mas corta que podrian haber tenido)&quot;Giant Snow Train. A six-unit &quot;snow train,&quot; weighing between 125 and 130 tons and capable of carrying the same amount in freight, has been built by Le Tourneau Co. for the Alaska Freight Lines. The $290,000 giant is powered by two 400-h.p. diesel generators that provide power for all 24 of the freighter's 7-ft.-4-in. pneumatic-tired wheels. The monster has a range of 1,000 miles, requires neither rails nor road and can travel over almost any kind of terrain at a speed of 15 m.p.h. The engine cab contains insulated sleeping quarters for four men. To get the giant from Texas to Alaska, Le Tourneau had to ship it on specially built flatcars to Seattle, from there Alaskan Freight will move it to Alaska by boat.&quot;&quot; The main objective with the Army in Alaska was to train a division from the lower US in cold weather operations in an annual field exercise. We joined our southern platoon brothers on a frozen airfield in the coldest times of the year. A subset of the purpose was to test Arctic gear. A large impound area housed items like the &quot;Land-Train&quot; that was being tested. This was a large modular unit that had &quot;cars&quot; coupled together, and was able to cross all kinds of obstacles. It did poorly in Alaska, burning out electric wheel drive motors at a high rate, I was told. I ferried some parts to it once, landing on a frozen river.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="doctorgerman, post: 441361, member: 3265"] Creo q te referis al "Alaska land train" o "snow train", un camion q tenia como vagones, con unas gigantescas ruedas de baja presion ubicadas a los costados. Ese camion tenia como mision el transporte de tropas y suministros al Artico en caso de una invasion sovietica por el Polo Norte (que es la ruta mas corta que podrian haber tenido) "Giant Snow Train. A six-unit "snow train," weighing between 125 and 130 tons and capable of carrying the same amount in freight, has been built by Le Tourneau Co. for the Alaska Freight Lines. The $290,000 giant is powered by two 400-h.p. diesel generators that provide power for all 24 of the freighter's 7-ft.-4-in. pneumatic-tired wheels. The monster has a range of 1,000 miles, requires neither rails nor road and can travel over almost any kind of terrain at a speed of 15 m.p.h. The engine cab contains insulated sleeping quarters for four men. To get the giant from Texas to Alaska, Le Tourneau had to ship it on specially built flatcars to Seattle, from there Alaskan Freight will move it to Alaska by boat." " The main objective with the Army in Alaska was to train a division from the lower US in cold weather operations in an annual field exercise. We joined our southern platoon brothers on a frozen airfield in the coldest times of the year. A subset of the purpose was to test Arctic gear. A large impound area housed items like the "Land-Train" that was being tested. This was a large modular unit that had "cars" coupled together, and was able to cross all kinds of obstacles. It did poorly in Alaska, burning out electric wheel drive motors at a high rate, I was told. I ferried some parts to it once, landing on a frozen river." [/QUOTE]

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